Manchester Art Gallery

Death of St.Anne



Death of St.Anne

Summary

Bedroom interior; a female figure lies on cloths at the centre, surrounded by figures. On the right, a female presents an infant to the lying figure. Both the female and infant and the central figure have halos of light emanating from them. Winged cherubs float above. A female figure kneeling in the foreground to the left is overcome with grief, holding a cloth to her face.


Object Name

Death of St.Anne

Date Created

about 1740

Dimensions

plate: 50.7cm x 35.3cm
support: 55.7cm x 37.9cm

accession number

1966.660

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, print
foreign

Support

paper

Medium

ink (black)


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